An emotional reunion will take place on Wednesday in the city of Riyadh. Leo Messi and Frank Rijkaard will come face-to-face again for the friendly between the Saudi Arabia and Argentina national teams. The former Barcelona manager is the current coach of the Arab country and the Barça forward will captain the Argentines.

Rijkaard played a key role in Messi's career. The Dutch coach was the man who handed the striker his debut for the Catalan club. Messi fondly remembers his former manager and stated that he owed "everything" to the coach a few days ago. However, it was not all plain sailing. The Argentine was upset when Rijkaard did not play the attacker for one single minute in the Champions League final in Paris against Arsenal in 2006.

Meanwhile, the future of another former Barça coach, Pep Guardiola, continues to be a talking point. There is no shortage of offers for the Catalan, the latest being to manage the Chile national team. Jorge Segovía, the Vice President of Chilean football is said to have contacted Guardiola's agent with the aim of appointing the Spaniard to take over from Claudio Borghi.

However, Josep María Orobitg denied that contact had been made: "I don't know for certain if the Chilean Federation has spoken to Pep. All I can say is that Guardiola will decide on his future in January or February 2013. Before then, he will not speak about Milan, Chelsea, Brazil or whoever".